The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-01-07
THE FARMERS INSTITUTE.

! The farmers institute held at Lake
Crystal last Wednesday and Thursday
was very well attended, and ELECTED
much interest. A grist Of able papers
were read upon various topics relating Il
agriculture and stock raising. Messrs
Gregg, Pierce, Smith, Sergeant and 9th
ers from Minneapolis and St. Paul, who
have given much study to the scientific
principles involved in agriculture, were
present and gave their views. While We
would be pleased to give a synopsis Of
the entire proceedings, careful review
Of the subject matter discussed convinces
us that the papers read by Mrs. DR.. Cur,
ryer, of Garden City, and Mr.. Beebe, Of
Lake Crystal, combine the most practical
ideas for guidance, hence we give their
papers in full, emitting matter of less inn
portance.
Mrs. ]. C. Curryer, really one of the
most intellectual and practical ladies In
the county, read a most excellent pa.
per, which we give In full as follows:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The committee of arrangements have
requested us to cast in our mite in the
way OF entertainment for the benefit of
our.fellow farmers. We have not had the
Measure to attend any of the Farmers
Institutes" but we have kept track as
much as possible of their proceedings
through our public benefactor, the press,
and we are pleased to know they have
met with such flattenng success. And
we are also glad our state has conceived
the utility of setting aside a small a.
mount of the public funds for the especial
benefit and encouragement of the farm
ing class.
read before the farmers institute at that
place short time since, says, most of
us farmers seem to be born grumblers. 4"
NV friends, if this is the case all the
state appropriations and farmers insti-
tutes in christendom could never lift
them from the slough of dependency.
In acute as we'll as chronic cases the ply
stefan has hope as long as there is life, but
when he encounters deformIty from
birth, he feels that circumstances have
got the start long way OF his skill. We
should feel it a painful duty If we were
compelled to dub our fellow farmers
d6 nGECuiJhTt We
there are those who grumble, but we
diagnose their case as chronic, brought
on probably by careless abuse of the
physical system, and crowding the men,
tai digestion with sensational class of
reading matter that is so freely circula-
ted through our so-called farmers journ-
ais, at the present time, by scheming
politicians, to poison the minds Of the
iaboring class and make..them feel that
they are the under dog in the battle Of
life, and martyrs to the lusts OF moneyed
magnates, and nine times out Of ten the
man who does the most fretting and
grumbling Is the man who owns the least
OF this worlds goods, and pays the least
taxes. but uses the most tobacco and
pays out yearly handsome sum for pat
emit medicines to correct q torpid liver.
For instance, few years ago the grange
was all the hobby, the country was dot
ted with organizations, the hum Of the
politician was in the land, the ire Of the
farmer was stirred, the working man
felt his day of relief was at hand. They
inaugurated plans for the purchase ana
sale of all merchandise for the cansump-
ton of the league; they voted their own
ballot and held down their respective
chairs in the house of representatives.
A new rainbow appeared in the farmers
sky. and il was hailed as token that we
should never again be delnged by flood
of monopolies. 1t reminds us of an Incl.
dent. We called TO see q friend that
was lying very sick of fever. The
old family physician also called at the
same time, TO see his patient. Before
he left the mother snxiously inquired
what be thought of her sons condition.
He replied, ut is about this way, mad
am. In these severe cases, it generally
runs about nine days fever, nine days
sweat and nine days prostration and If
the patient survives all this. then we can
>oin to tell you something about it.
'sabout the way with the oranges.